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Ethos

Cathal O’Sullivan and (chef) Paul Cullen’s attractive restaurant has earned a local following, and its situation on the main street means that visitors find it very easily. It’s an inviting spot and the set-up - café by day and bistro by night - is very customer friendly.

Paul’s lunch menus are casual - soup, salads, sambos, panini, bagels - and a more structured evening menu in a French/Asian style offers half a dozen starters, and about eight main courses.

Specialities include seafood dishes like mussels with Thai green curry, and – more unusually - peppered Tipperary ostrich fillet, with crushed new potatoes, sautéed wild mushrooms, spinach & sweet red wine jus.

There will always be good local meats too, including Kilkenny beef and pork; duck also features, vegetarian dishes too - and there’s a lovely choice of desserts.

Quality ingredients, good cooking and value have spelt success for this well-run restaurant and there are plans to extend it at the time of going to press.

Seats 40 (outdoors, 16); children welcome before 7pm; toilets wheelchair accessible; L Mon-Sun, 12-3.30pm (to 5pm Sun), D Wed-Mon 6.30-9.30pm; house wine €20; SC 10% on parties 8+. Closed D Tue, 25-26 Dec. Amex, MasterCard, Visa, Laser.

Directions:

N9 from Dublin/Waterford - just off Main St.